Bacsik fired from sports talk job over Twitter slur

Dallas sports talk station KTCK has fired producer/personality Mike Bacsik, who sent out the offensive tweet about “all the dirty mexicans in San Antonio” following Sunday’s Spurs-Mavericks game.

His boss, KTCK/Cumulus market manager Dan Bennett, called to say the station originally had suspended Bacsik pending an investigation. But after examining the facts, Bennett said, “we decided to terminate his employment.”

“We apologize for the hurt it caused and we understand why people thought he should be fired right away,” he said. “But we needed 24 hours to examine everything before we acted.”

On Monday, Bacsik expressed extreme remorse for the statements he posted on Twitter Sunday. In addition to the racist capper, there were derogatory comments about the refs, the NBA and this: “I’m done with this (expletive) league and I might be done with the ticket.”

Many who sent in their horrified reactions to media outlets, including this website and blog, found his actions unforgivable. Many called for his termination, a sentiment reflected in TV polls Monday.

And really, it couldn’t have gone any other way. After his remarks, Bacsik’s credibility was shot.